“I have never been to school because my parents couldn’t afford it. Sometimes I spend two sometimes three days without eating solid food. I am a person who likes to share. I am helpful. I love my neighbors. I am honest, and affectionate.” Irene Louis
“Sometimes we spend more than 2 days without eating. I dream to go to school and send all my children to school but I can’t. I think that my friend and God first can help me to reach my dreams and I think God he loves me.” Gertha Saint-Juste
“My father is in prison. Now, only my grand mother takes care of us. If we don’t have anything to eat, and our neighbors don’t have either, and we spend the day with no food. The most important thing for me is school. I would really love to go to school.” Jules Loudia
“I have to carry 20 gallons of water per day. Some times I go to bed without a meal. I am suffering from different kind of sicknesses. I am generous and I am a strong girl. I would like to get the chance to go to school like every child.” Fedeline Jean Charles
“Sometimes we pass two days without food. We just drink salty water and go to sleep. I am friendly, helpful. I love to share, and I am forgiving. I would like to be able to take good care of my family.” Viviane Hypolite
“I am 7 years old. I’ve never attended school. I wouldn’t like to spend my whole life without knowing how to read and write. There isn’t enough space for everybody to sleep because there is only one room for 11 people. Sometimes we spend the whole day with no food and go to sleep hoping for the next day.” Fabienne Charles
“I carry sewage to the empty land and food to the pigs, clean the yard, carry 10 buckets of water, wash dishes, and scrub the floor. My works are very, very hard. I love to dance when I don’t see anybody. I would like to get out from slavery, go back to my family, and go to school. I would like to find enough food to eat.” Estabrina Tam
“When we finish selling every thing that we possess, if our situation doesn’t change we are surely going to starve until we die. We just drink salty water and go to sleep hoping to find something to eat the next day. It is hard to live this kind of life. It is hard.” Cheilla Estime
“We don’t eat regularly. We eat once a day. Sometimes we spend two days without eating. I wouldn’t like to see my Children facing the same hardship that I am facing. I would like to go to vocational school to learn about sewing and cooking.” Henite Charles
“It happens very often that we go a day without eating solid food. I would like to anybody interested in helping me to know that I would like him or her to become a friend for me. I would like him or her help me out of this poverty.” Claudette Mathieu
